so where are you

2011-11-27T21:11:00.001-08:00

I might bring this back.

RIP Michael "Eyedea" Larsen

2010-10-18T13:52:00.000-07:00

Scribble Jam 2004 "Happy" is what the shirt read.

One of my favorite photos that I took that weekend.

A whole lot of memories with not much more to say, other than my heart goes out to his family, friends and fans.

I know I've gone missing...

2010-10-17T12:18:00.001-07:00

Just been living life again.

Trying to work blogging back into the mix.

In the interim check out this video my friends made.

Deaf to the Static

ye ye yella yelawolf

2010-07-22T11:35:00.000-07:00

I went to Chicago last weekend, met up with one of my favorite people in the world to see one of my favorite rappers.

The pictures capture absolutely nothing about that night, it was amazing.

red rocks amphitheater

2010-07-02T07:48:00.000-07:00

This week has been intense.

I can't even describe the concert I saw at red rocks, or the venue itself.

You know when you're experiencing something you know is big? That this moment is something that you will retell, and think about again and again?

Monday I had that moment times ten.

My first time finally seeing tool.

My first time at Red Rocks.

A road trip.

memories.

I went to tool at the Xcel last night, and it was something of an encore.

Nothing will ever compare.

Art you should check out..

2010-06-22T12:57:00.000-07:00

One of my good friends Jamee, is FINALLY selling her art on Etsy. This has been a long time coming, and I hope to see huge things come from this girl, she has an insane amount of talent. If you live in Minneapolis, her art will be displayed at Plan B on Hennepin Ave. in Uptown starting on July 15th.

If you've ever been in my apartment, most of the paintings are done by Jamee, the tattoo on my right arm of the women with the flower in her hair came from a drawing that Jamee gave me, that sat in a notebook in my purse for about a year before it finally was added to my arm. I love this girl.

Shop IRISandALICE

a small glimpse of where I've been....

2010-06-15T10:49:00.000-07:00

I love blogging. I love reading blogs. I've been MIA.

My life has been a chaotic mess of music, friends and travel.

Trying to find a new place to live in, trying to have a day job and a real life, and no internet at home has taken it's tole on my blog life.

Everything is amazing. I am so happy. xoxo.

Sometimes I'm really girly....

2010-04-23T11:28:00.000-07:00

One of my biggest personal pet peeves, is chipped nail polish. I am a firm believer in a good manicure. I found myself painting my nails while pumping gas on my way to work this morning, after an evening of helping a friend paint a room last night.

I don't care if you get your nails done at a salon, or if you do them at home yourself, just keep them pretty or don't do it at all. Chipped polish will is not classy. It's been about 9 months since I've changed color at all, I've been a classic red girl for a while now, Essie lollipop. Essie won my heart over, it chips the very least for me and I adore it, it's inexpensive and long lasting what better combination could there be? Being that I've soley done the red thing for a long time now, I decided I needed to branch out, the starting point was a wedding on Saturday. Saturday morning I went to Target to grab a gift card, gift procrastination in full effect... and the allure of the nail shop next door won me over. I went in for a mani, pedi what better excuse to pay to have someone else make me pretty then a wedding to attend. Being this was an unplanned spur of the moment venture... I didn't have my Essie. My #1 rule, if you're getting your nails done in a salon... bring your own polish. The women pulled the thing that makes me fume the most about nail salons, right in front of me - she poured straight acetone into my color choice. Thinning out the polish may have made it go on smoother, but I would rather have picked out a new color then deal with the chipping in two days. Back on track, I choose a sparkly red.. yeah yeah big step I know but this is a tough one for me, adding some gold glitter was about all I could handle without giving myself ample time to prepare. If you know me you know I am a little bit neurotic and would have needed a pep talk to fully delve into a new color selection.

We're sitting at nearly a week later now still rocking (my own) red with some sparkles. Though I've been perusing the internet in search of my next venture into what will most likely be a long time color choice. The starting point was reading what the spring and summer color choices were for 2010... in my opinion most of them sucked - big time. I'm not going with some smurf blue ever, the navy trend a few years back I was into. I've gone through plenty of the black polish phases, so navy was a nice easy sell for me - totally classic. The fluorescent colors some brands are coming out with as "bolds" nu-uh I don't want a rave on my fingernails.

The best collection I found was the Chanel Spring line - Les Impressions de Chanel, a soft pink - Tendresse, a nude - Inattendu, and a gray - Chanel Particluere.I instantly fell in love with Paricluere, and then went about looking for an equivalent in Essie and found Chinchilly.

The experiment, I will hype myself on the idea over I would guess about the next week, and maybe even go purchase both colors this weekend or order them offline - to buy myself some extra time.

Hopefully I can fall in love with one of these colors as I have classic red... fingers crossed!

Just going to put this on the table...

2010-03-29T12:28:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking a lot about sexism, and feminism a lot lately. And noticing some really bizarre patterns in my life that I guess I was a bit blind to until this point.

This weekend, I took my dad out to dinner. We went to a "sports bar" he diggs chicken wings he's a southerner after all. While waiting to get seated I put my name on the list, and stepped aside; had a bit of a wait. I was told how long it would be and that my name would be called when a table was ready. Standing near the host booth, I observed the way the man treated everyone in line after me. They were all male, and he asked each of them if they were there to eat, or for the fight. Now I am a girl, there with my dad, but I was the only one in the entire 45 minute period that was not asked if I was there for the fight. I was only there to hang with my pops and eat, but I still found it to be a bit rude that I was not asked. I'm not being sensitive here, I know most females don't enjoy this stuff but I do know plenty who do. When the majority of patrons are there for one of two things, why couldn't the question be voiced to all?

Today I've been talking with my best, about chicks with tattoos. I've come to learn the social stigma against tattoos for the most part is not very apparent in my daily life. Yeah my grandma still cringes when she sees 'em but I work a 9-5 in a semi corporate setting and have plenty of friends doing the same, with beautiful tattoos. But I am still awestruck by the fact that females, with tattoos often get looked at as sluts or easy. It just doesn't make sense to me. A man with a tattoo is fine and tough, and never a whore. This also doesn't give anyone who wants the open invitation to touch me. This is my body, I did decide to make it what I feel better to look at; but keep your damn hands off me. Just because I am the girl with tattoos in the bar, doesn't mean I would go home with you, when the wholesome girl in the pink polo wont.

I really never considered myself a feminist. Over the last 6 months or year, I've found myself more often defending my gender. I'm a strong independent female. It's just kind of strange, that just being that has to be labeled in such a way. Maybe it's the connotation that has always gone with the phrase, that makes me cringe a little (which is a whole other can of worms). Wanting to be looked at equally for many of the things am, I just find it a little silly that I would have to throw that label on myself. Tattooed, female, native, short, whatever else you want to throw in the mix. I've just felt a lack of respect from people around me, that I never really noticed before.

Well that's a lot to digest, and a little more serious then I tend to go on the internets. But hey sometimes you gotta get these things off your back. And my iChat partner in crime is away in a meeting. Damn.

Edit: Another shining example while we're at it. I went to lunch with one of my best friends yesterday, who happens to be a dude. When the bill came it was placed directly in front of him, no where near the middle of the table. It's 2010 who isn't going dutch?

Sooo...

2010-03-15T13:04:00.002-07:00

I made this goal (...i totally stole the idea from my friend chelsea....) By the time I turn 30 i want to have seen every state...

Here is where I need to go:

Maine

Vermont

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

West Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Alabama

Mississippi

Tennessee

Kentucky

Louisiana

Texas

New Mexico

Nevada

Idaho

Oregon

Washington

Alaska

Hawaii

Most of these will be accomplished by forcing my friends who do live in these states to take road trips with me. So if you live in these places.. oh get ready... I am coming.

If you want to know these states... tell me... if i can visit you in these states tell me.... if you just want to take the best road trip ever tell me...

traveltraveltravel.

return home

2010-03-14T10:46:00.000-07:00

So I knew I wouldn't come home from NYC and be all "I want to move there, asap!" I had a ton of fun and kicked it with some of my favorite people, and shopped as much as I could.... Now it is Sunday I've been home for 4 days... and I am still tired.

I did the whole creepy china town black market purse purchase; lets be serious here... this was one of my goals while in New York. I went in a hidden room that was locked behind me upon entry to buy a designer purse way cheap alone, in china town. Awesome.

Somewhere around 500 pictures were taken, that I will like about 20 of to go through that may just grace the page in the coming weeks. And a solid re-cap of the shows.

Right now I am still a the point of everything sinking in. I have no travel planned thus meaning, nothing to be excited about. The weather today is absolutely amazing, meaning I want to buy a book and sit outside.

astronautalis with me and my arrow

2010-01-25T15:17:00.000-08:00

Not my best pictures, but this show was pretty amazing...

and today...

2010-01-25T14:05:00.000-08:00

I saw a car accident a few weeks ago, a little old man in a car right in front of me was pummeled by another car. The little old man did nothing wrong, he was waiting for the light to turn green and his car was hit. I got out of my car to talk to the man, make sure he was okay. He was a little shook up so I asked if he wanted me to follow him. We had to drive a ways down the road, turn around to get back to the accident, he didn't drive over 15 miles an hour - so this took a little time. I gave him my contact information and went on my way.

Today I received a phone call, from the insurance agency asking me to tell what I saw because everything was unclear. This didn't surprise me in anyway, and was completely what I expected to happen. The surprise came, when I was thanked numerous times by the lady on the other end of the line. She said people rarely stop when they see things like this, the car wasn't hit very badly, assumptions that everything is fine are always made. The little old many barely remembered what he saw, and the other drives didn't want to be at fault. Out conversation last a little over 10 minutes, and I would guess she thanks me at least 5 times for returning her call and helping him out.

I'm not sure where I am trying to go with this story, or why I am telling it, or even as surprised as I am. She just called me back to ask one more question, and thank me again.

Such a strange little incident.

Thinking too much, maybe.

2010-01-21T08:51:00.000-08:00

Sometimes i think i am ready to throw myself back into the pool of people who are "dating".

but who knows if that is true.

I'm a little too independent.

I need a lot of space.

I don't want to deal with broken hearts, and strong emotions.

Can I just find someone slow paced?

That's has their own life?

Missed connections?

who knows.

I'm just trying to find happy.

dixon's girl

2010-01-19T08:01:00.000-08:00

Her new album comes out today, everyone should go and buy it.

sometimes it's just the way things are...

2010-01-13T17:30:00.000-08:00

this is my year for sure...

2010-01-05T14:48:00.000-08:00

January 3rd 2009 i made a new years resolution to start blogging.

Well i think this is the first new years resolution in my life that i've kept.

sowhereareyou happend i posted 44 times, that is an average of 3 times a month.

look at me go.

I really never thought i would stick to it, and i'm totally glad i did.

Not sure if anyone even reads this but i honestly enjoy posting.

I also joined a communial blog - lovefest which is girls who like rap.

it's fun, i've made great friends, life's good.

No resolution for 2010 has been made.

Maybe just to be happy.

Calm the temper.

I'm still thinking....

welcome home...

2009-12-31T09:07:00.000-08:00

I'm young. I'm a renter. I don't want to be tied down. Knowing that when my lease is up I could pick up and leave, go anywhere imaginable is exciting, and almost calming. Both sides of the sword. I really don't have a "home". Minneapolis is home, but Minneapolis is city, with a million niches, a diversity of neighborhoods and a lot of potential places to settle.

I am not ready to settle. I don't want to plant my roots yet. I know Minneapolis will always be my home, but where I am going to end up still isn't in even in my thoughts.

My apartment is cozy, I'm a packrat - I live with three roomies, whom I adore. The furniture is mostly mine, the knick knacks are mostly mine. The art on the walls belongs to me. But still this isn't my home. Moms is far from home, I was erased from that house years ago. Dads never was home, he drifted while I was growing up - I don't think he would even call the apartment he is living in home.

That doesn't keep me from saving the pictures into a folder called home on my desktop. Things I think are pretty, ways I would love to live....

tattoo ideas...

2009-12-29T14:00:00.000-08:00

Sometimes great ideas come at really unexpected times. I was brushing my teeth last night and thought of what's next on the list of crista's never ending tattoos desires....

This fine little screen print is the current art in our bathroom... well you see that little chandelier hanging almost center next to the pink bunny with the chain saw, that sparked a thought.

I want to add a chandalier to my half sleeve, yes yes i do.

So then today with the aide of google, I came across this gem...

I think after my flower lady is finished, I will start working on this pretty little piece.

And yes this should end my half sleeve. A patchwork of sorts.

Peonies, map coordinates, a clamshell and pearl, a pretty little lady and roses... and a chandelier and birds.... I will still add the "sufficiently breathless" text, hopefully somewhere.

I love tattoos.

yes yes i do.

2009-12-24T13:05:00.000-08:00

to sum it up.

2009-12-23T15:14:00.000-08:00

In places all over the internet i have been reading people re-capping the best things that happened to them in 2009. I'm avoiding driving home due to the impending snow... so i figured i would take a look back at a year which was more monumental to me then i ever could have guessed...

travel travel travel - i took some great trips this year. arizona to see astronautalis was one of the best trips on a few days notice. His performance is something that everyone should see, completely captivating and his music laid a solid sound track for my 2009.

black clover beerfest - thank god for beer. this was such an amazing event that brought together so many people. Who meets people from minneapolis in other cities - me me me. who shares drinks with randoms doesn't recall this at all - and then runs into them months later to be told the story ((and become instant friends)) - me me me. Who gets tattoos just to get tattoos with friends - me me me. This weekend was one for the books. I had the best time, with some of the best people, and saw some amazing dudes do there thing - KCMO style.

LA - i fell in love with this city. Never ever in my life did i think i would love LA, but i now do. I got to see so many faces that i never get to see which was so amazing. i cried at Michael Jackson's star on the walk of fame. i stayed in the comfiest beds i've ever slept in. i want - no need to get back west.

People traveling to MPLS - Sharing my city with so many people this year was amazing. Nothing ever could top this years blowout - and i was a skeptic about even going. Thank you Stef for helping make one of the best moments ever possible. Max moving away was tough but that weekend (reunion) was priceless.

So much good music i could never make a list, but Astronautalis, P.O.S., Radical Face, The lawrence Arms, Cecil Otter, Prof, Mac Lethal, Cursive, Aesop Rock, Bluebird, and Grieves are a few names that topped my charts - Played amazing shows - or are just great people.

Some of the most amazing people came into my life this year, re-appeared, or just proved to be the right people to have in life. My friends are more then friends, a lot of you are closer then family. Thank you. I appreciate you.

cheers 2009, it's been a pleasure.

image.

2009-12-21T12:26:00.000-08:00

lolz.

2009-11-17T11:43:00.001-08:00

enchantment

2009-11-12T15:08:00.000-08:00

welcome home

2009-11-06T16:08:00.000-08:00

this fits right now.

i don't know why.

Back in time....

2009-10-30T12:33:00.000-07:00

wish wish wish

2009-10-07T12:20:00.000-07:00

I really have a shoe problem.

I really want all of these.

I always would really love some new dunks.

ugh.

black clover beerfest = best weekend ever

2009-09-23T10:50:00.000-07:00

KCMO i think i love you.

annnnd tattoos.

the number are mine.

i have over three hundred photos from the weekend.

it might have been the best ever.

thank you black clover.

2009-09-03T15:08:00.000-07:00

"God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables — slaves with white collars. Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We're the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars, but we won't. We're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."

cat lady

2009-09-02T09:24:00.001-07:00

so i get really psyched on things for various lengths of time.

i'm really pretty amazing at convincing myself i NEED something.

right now i really NEED a naked cat.

it really isn't helping the situations that roomie/bff is obsessed too.

how can you not love them?

who knew I would wait such a long time...

2009-08-31T16:43:00.000-07:00

i've been missing from the blog life as of late. maybe it finally feels like summer or maybe i got my wisdom teeth pulled. some combination of over a week of thinking i was dying, whiskey and friends have been the norm.

here is what has occupied my mind....

i honestly can not believe that tomorrow is septemeber. i get to see some of the most lovely ladies i know in less then three weeks. new neighbors are moving in right now and blasting some really weird music but they think my cat is cute.

hello fall.

summertime

2009-08-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

This my be my favorite picture of the entire summer.

I took it, but I stole it from my favorite ashley in the world.

last weekend, I took part of getting stupid...

vodka watermelon

kiddy pool

beer squirt guns

shot-gunning

PINATA!

It was everything summertime is suppose to be.

cali cali cali

2009-07-28T10:48:00.000-07:00

thank you BCR thank you LV thank you Hollywood

i had the best time ever

smiles

2009-07-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

this is why i love twitter

this is why i love sage francis

love love love

these are the best days of your life....

2009-07-08T08:40:00.000-07:00

there are about a million and one things for me to be excited about right now...

I've been waiting for this moment to come for years now after in 2 more months in 6 more months... some of my bests are finally moving to town. And I really couldn't be more excited to finally have them in Minneapolis.

i'm going going back back to cali cali.

I'm heading to LA for a mini-trip in 2 weeks.

I am seeing some good friends seeing good music.

And getting away from Minneapolis.

This is so needed.

Fast forward to September.

beerfest.

lovefest roadtrip.

bcr.

so stoked.

fingers crossed i can make this one happen...

NYC.

October.

Birthdays. Cupcakes. Lovefest.

lethal friends. American Beauty Tour.

fingers crossed.

last but NOT least

I am so so so pumped to finally be going to sxsw.

I almost went this year and bailed about a week before.

2010 it is so on.

ain't supposed to die on a Saturday night

2009-07-02T09:21:00.000-07:00

the 59 sound - bruce springsteen & gaslight anthem( glasto )
Uploaded by runawaydream. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.

This video really just made my day.

Acknowledging the impact you have on another person is one of the greatest things in the entire world.

I honestly sat and smiled at my computer during this whole thing.

finn

2009-06-10T12:42:00.000-07:00

i have the cutest cat in the world. bold statement maybe - true statment yes.

these are from saturday - he was cuddling under the covers.

this is how he sleeps on the regular.

favorite thing ever.

the little things

2009-06-04T13:34:00.000-07:00

things like this make me love my job.

california to minnesota

Thank you ichat.

take me away

2009-06-02T19:39:00.000-07:00

this one has been stuck in my head today....

2009-05-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

God gave you a face that could crush a tough devotion

you left my hands no matter how hard i was holding

what kind of punishment do i expect for being distant

i don’t expect a second chance and I'm man enough to admit it

the steps i never learned, were lost in my fathers words

the chances i never gave you, were lost in my mothers journal

i use invisible ink because secrets are hard to keep

and these seven days weeks have a habit of making you weak

forget give everything again

the same traps ripped my lifeline in unforgiving shreds

so look around you and pick up any pieces you can find

but i can’t promise the big picture will be finally be right

I have memories, my roadblock, stopping a new chapter from birth

the sunny days don’t seem to outweigh the way the night hurts

faster than i watched myself become a ghost

the mirror told me lies until my ear drums burst

So i lit the short fuse, the explosion killed us all

now i sit around and wait for the season to fall

so involved in love we lost our shot, our only chance

what’s your poison baby-doll, pity or romance?

I want this to stop, i reached out, you looked away

get out of my guilt, you’re not welcome to stay

I'm acting like we need to have one last conversation

or it’s never gonna end, gotta end the fascination

I decided When the dizziness subsides in the endless car ride

of scenery and blurry skies, i would escape that sky

chasing us around the country, outsmarting the moon

i need to get home, i need to go home soon

before the stairs and front door change places

me chasing my tail won’t seem so mundane and tasteless

the way you made life race, the passion in your face

had 50 years of trying to find a perfect pace

hiding under the constant depression of your lows and highs

i had reason, but even more i had you by my side

when midnight called us away from reading and dreams

when the blanket fell off your beautiful freezing feet

my eyes never heavy, ready for the wide awake

smash into a million pieces, when the last straw would break

the future is coming, it’s the past in a fancy dress

upset that I'm not listening or in my sunday best

You want baby talk, but orphans like me are tongue tied

30 miles from new york and you can still see the lights

hold the horizon hostage, shoot the breeze for moving

look what it cost us, look what we’re doing.....

I want this to stop, i reached out, you looked away

get out of my guilt, you’re not welcome to stay

I'm acting like we need one last conversation

or it’s never gonna end, gotta end the fascination

All my friends are getting divorced, i was in the weddings

maybe my bad luck has a habit of spreading

It’s a vulnerable place, far from inner space

with more love than the handles surrounding your waist

I'm not going to pretend to know how you handle me

but my secret victories are your public tragedies

i’ve teaching myself how to play the drums
so i can beat the hell out of something other than my tongue

a new outlet, letting myself get out

from all traps you set up in the underground

at this level we can finally see eye to eye

but that’s because we both know how to lie

down and let our demons finally find rest

by whispering, god is the only answer to death

tough calls and night-sweats, panic driven last steps

touching on sensitive subjects and regret

these kind of songs will haunt you, but i really don’t mind

looking back on the drama makes today feel fine

drink up, three cheers for all the cheap shots

the ones you drink and the ones you caught

behind your back with your ears wide open

this is me, honest, run down, coping.....

I'm sorry for bringing it up, here’s some dirt and a shovel

bury this next to the last 2 years and all of your trouble.

freaky sunday

2009-05-11T07:50:00.001-07:00

The time to widen your horizons is long overdue. Your confident nature is being undermined by your current inability to interact with a brand new group of people. For some inexplicable reason, you get tongue tied when the opportunity to mingle presents itself. You wonder where your conversation skills have vanished to. This is not a comfortable time for you but you will overcome it in due time after you acclimatize yourself to your new surroundings. Be ready for an event that will take you far away from the people and lifestyle that you have grown accustomed to. It is a nerve wracking time but your confident nature will spring back into action soon.

That was my horoscope yesterday it freaked me out how true it was.

Actually it has been freaking me out a lot lately.

It's been too true too often.

I want to see a psychic.

this one gets a little serious... too soon?

2009-05-01T09:20:00.001-07:00

So I've never really been a girly girl.

I've never had the "white picket fence, two kids and a dog" dream.

I've been telling everyone for as long as I can remember I will never have babies, at least not of my own.

And I don't really foresee myself getting married.

My mom finally accepted all of this about a year or so ago...

One day she just looked at me and said you know, I really don't ever see you getting pregnant.

That was a refreshing moment, you know moms with daughters who are in there 20s and 30s still single, renting and still "finding themselves" tend to get the "i want to be a grandma" hints a lot.

I'm pretty lucky to have parents who aren't pushy, friends who will have babies for me to spoil, and a way to keep my values the way I want them.

I never pictured myself in the white fluffy dress and walking down the aisle.

I've never had a song that will be played at my wedding.

I've never thought about who my maid of honor would be.

I never really cared about being a bride.

I don't understand the marriage thing - I've always lived by my own set of standards.

I don't think I will settle down with one man for the rest of my life.

I just don't see that as a logical plan for myself, maybe I'm way too independent, maybe I've never been "in love" maybe I'm completely fooling myself.

I just I don't like to fall into categories.

I like being simple and living right now.

That being said.

I am 100% completely obsessed with brides with tattoos.

I google them.

I have a folder of pictures.

I love them so much.

little things

2009-04-30T11:48:00.000-07:00

I think the big things are what blogs are about.

All those stories and moments that stand out above everything else.

A forum I post on had a thread about all the little things today.

It made me really happy to read all the things people said and have those "oh yeah moments"

This list is mostly mine - but I stole a couple...

the first day of winter - the one that pulls the breath out of your chest

the smell of fresh cut grass

towels fresh out of the dryer

snail mail & packages

hearing a song you love - after you forgot about it

the sound of rain

uncertainty & butterflies

high fives & secret handshakes

long conversations

old photo albums

a good beer

10 consecutive cracks of all my knuckles

hard copies of cds with good art

stories from strangers

traveling for music

the common thread at a concert

laughing so hard i cry

waking up to realize you still have hours to sleep

the rush of meeting someone in an airport

learning and growing and realizing it

when a song matches exactly how you feel

driving with the windows down

big sunglasses

thrift stores & estate sales

finishing each-others sentences

chick flick marathons with tough girls

bookstores, books, stories, words

my grandma singing

good tattoos, funny tattoos, tattoos that tell stories

making memories - realizing you wont forget this moment.

mustache party?

2009-04-27T15:07:00.000-07:00

So Friday was a mess but I had a blast.

It looks like it turned into a bit of a mustache party.

Caitlin is 22.

Aaron is 24.

There is a baby rat living in the room down the hall.

I think that may have been one of the best parties we have had.

Except I ended up with bronchitis.

I spent the rest of the weekend in bed watching grey's and feeling sorry for myself.

life is so good

2009-04-22T10:30:00.000-07:00

I had the best weekend EVER in arizona.

I cleared my mind.

I hung out in sunshine and 90 degree weather.

I saw astronautalis and bluebird yet again.

I hung out with two of my favorite people in the entire world for 4 days.

I got this tattoo on my arm a week or so ago.

I love it.

I will be getting this tatto0ed on my arm in the next month or so.

Jamee whipped this little lady up in abut a half hour.

She is amazing.

I can not wait.

COME ON SUMMER.

less then two weeks....

2009-04-22T10:19:00.000-07:00

I am so excited for this....

The lead character is a 13-year-old foreign exchange student sent to live with a suburban, white, middle-class family. Oh, and they're Christians. The visit is for six months, and he's one of a dozen similar kids, all shipped to America to live with typical families. The secret truth is that Pygmy is a terrorist, trained since infancy in martial arts, chemistry and radical hatred of the United States. He has six months to build a prize-winning project for the National Science Fair. If he succeeds, he and his project will go to Washington, D.C. for the finals competition -- where the project will explode, killing millions. So far, Gerry Howard says it's the best book I've done. Fingers crossed for luck. - chuck palahniuk

wednesday.

2009-03-25T11:13:00.000-07:00

Some of my favorite ladies.

Chinese take out.

Twilight.

How could tonight be any better?

can't hardly wait...

2009-03-23T07:46:00.000-07:00

Spring shows are starting.
This makes me the most happy ever.
can't wait for the weekend.

Thursday - Dinkytowner

LIVE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG! (18+) 3.26 9PM | $5 DESSA OF DOOMTEE, Sarah Johnson and More!

Friday - First Ave

Friday, March 27 Mainroom / 8:00 pm / 18+ SAGE FRANCIS with B. DOLAN,BUILDING BETTER BOMBS, CECIL OTTER, and THE GOD DAMN DOO WOP BAND $13.00 adv | $15.00 door

Saturday - Uptown Bar

SATURDAY MARCH 28 - ASTRONAUTALIS (from Actionville FL), BLEUBIRD , CECIL OTTER (of Doomtree) 21+ | 9pm | $6

Sunday - Dinkytowner

Live HipHop (18+) 3.29 9PM | $5 YAK BALLZ (DEF JUX/WEATHERMEN)

this is for you extremeash....

2009-03-18T13:16:00.000-07:00

I've moved on.

these things happen.

2009-03-05T10:08:00.000-08:00

clamshells and pearls.

i wrote this verse on a triple double tuesday...

2009-03-03T15:07:00.001-08:00

I really like this.

really? it's already been a month?

2009-02-26T10:16:00.000-08:00

See - this is the reason that I do not make new years resolutions. FAIL.

I wanted to blog - am I blogging well maybe once a month. And who is it disappointing - me. I don't have any new cool blogs to read. Though I am still loyal to the bad sandwich chronicles this does not encourage me to log in and blog on my own - I don't have any crazy stories to tell.

But then yesterday, some hip hop ladies on a forum I post on invited me to be a part of a new blog. Maybe that is what I need - something not about me. I am boring.

So maybe the news years blog resolution will fulfill itself. And I will become interesting and I will have friends. Cross your fingers ya'll!

I have nothing fun or witty to talk about - we are suppose to get 8-10 inches of snow - so not coool minnesota. What happened to global warming? Just kidding. I like snow. Just not ridiculous pointless snow emergencies in uptown.

I got a new tattoo. It is a clam and pearl and I love it. I don't have a fun picture I just realized it is really hard to take a picture of the back of your arm. I ate sushi for the first time in my 22 years of living. I didn't love it I didn't hate it. I guess I don't really get the hype. The little boats were cute - and it was good company.

weekends

2009-01-25T11:12:00.000-08:00

my windows are covered in a sheet of ice.

2009-01-24T09:13:00.000-08:00

so time for the real blogging eh? it's after 11 and all i want to do it go back to sleep - damn you minnesota for the whole "no sunshine colder then shit" thing we have going on right now.

last night was good - made me excited about the future. so anyone who reads this already knows one of the most crucial players in cristabells work life is no longer in cristabells work life. we showed up dressed as twins - sat at the same desk all day - had one last happy hour. with that said monday will be interesting, hopefully life doesn't tailspin.

it's hard to imagine who i was two years ago from where and who i am now (two years 3 months and 4 days ago said work life began). complete 360 - hell yeah. lets do it again. i'm ready for some change and it seems like things may be in motion again.

i am listening to some shitty club remix and my cat is being really cute and wants to cuddle. i think that will be the end of "text post #1" keep your standards low!

take me to the ocean.

2009-01-12T19:19:00.001-08:00

after a weekend of that...

i'm not sure i can survive another winter in mpls.

2009-01-03T18:28:00.001-08:00

so good.

2009

2009-01-03T08:54:00.000-08:00

New Years Resolution: Start blogging.